6/19/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-13-00011-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering Verizon New York Inc.'s request for clarification or waiver of the Commission's rules related to the provision of customer information to credit reporting agencies.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 91
Subject:
Waiver of certain Commission requirements related to provision of customer information to credit reporting agencies.
Purpose:
To waive a utility's right to provide information to credit reporting agencies related to customers' payment histories.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to approve or reject, in whole or in part, a request by Verizon New York Inc. to clarify or waive any Commission requirement related to the provision of customer information to credit reporting agencies (16 NYCRR § 609.3(a)(3)). The Commission may, in its discretion, extend such waiver to other telephone corporations in New York.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, email:
Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
